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Onega and White Sea Petroglyphs

Also known as Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Onega and White Sea Petroglyphs is about 90 km east of Petrozavodsk. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kizhi Pogost, about 55 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Petrozavodsk · about 265,000 peopleabout 90 km west
  • Kondopoga · about 34,000 peopleabout 100 km north-west
  • Segezha · about 33,000 peopleabout 240 km north
  • Onega · about 23,000 peopleabout 270 km north
  • Tikhvin · about 62,000 peopleabout 270 km south-west
  • Volkhov · about 46,000 peopleabout 280 km south-west
Onega and White Sea PetroglyphsPetrozavodskKondopogaKizhi PogostCultural Landscape of Kenozero L…100 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Onega and White Sea Petroglyphs and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesKizhi Pogost1Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake2Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery3Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg4Solovetsky Islands5Onega and White Sea Petroglyphs
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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